TV Tokyo
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Headquarters | Japan | ||
Launched | April 12, 1964 | ||
Owned By | TV Tokyo Corporation |
TV Tokyo (Japanese: 株式会社テレビ東京, Kabushiki gaisha Terebi Tōkyō) is a TV station based in Tokyo, Japan. TV Tokyo is located in the Minato destrict of Tokyo. Its current president is Shimada Masayuki.
History
TV Tokyo was launched on April 12, 1964 as Tokyo Channel 12 Production, Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社東京12チャンネルプロダクション, Kabushiki gaisha Tōkyō 12 Channeru Purodakushon). In 1973, the station changed its name to Tokyo Channel 12, Ltd.. Another name change in 1983 gave the station its current name, Television Tokyo Channel 12, Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社テレビ東京, Kabushiki gaisha Terebi Tōkyō).
Information
TV Tokyo is currently the smallest of the major Tokyo TV networks, and is known for its specialization in anime. In 2014, TV Tokyo celebrated its 50th anniversary. TV Tokyo has been airing the Pokémon anime since it began in 1997. New episodes of the current Pokémon Horizons: The Series are aired most Fridays at 6:55 PM JST (9:55 AM UTC/4:55 AM EST).
Starting with the first episode of Pokémon the Series: Black & White, the broadcast of the Pokémon anime on TV Tokyo uses data broadcasting.
Other anime
Other well-known series that TV Tokyo has aired include:
- Naruto
- Naruto Shippuden
- Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Love Hina
- Bleach
- Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War
- Hamtaro
- Eyeshield 21
- Tokyo Mew Mew
- Superior Defender Gundam Force
- .hack//Sign
- Sonic X
- Beyblade: Metal Fusion
- Chainsaw Man
- Spy × Family
- Fairy Tail
- Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest
- One-Punch Man
- Inazuma Eleven
- Mojacko
- Re:Zero
See also
External links
- Official site
- TV Tokyo Corporate
- TV Tokyo anime website
- TV Tokyo on Wikipedia
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